Roy Keane this week reportedly turned down the managerial job at Sunderland and is to instead keep going with his role as TV pundit.
Keane was one of a series of candidates with whom the club held talks – ex-Hull manager Grant McCann was also heavily linked with the post – and he is set to get the nod to replace Lee Johnson, who was sacked in the wake of last month’s 6-0 Sky Bet League One defeat at Bolton.
It's good news for Sky Sports subscriber's however with the quick-witted Cork man likely to keep gracing screens for the foreseeable future.
But how much does a pundit get paid on Sky or BBC? Here's all we know;
How much does a Sky Sports pundit get paid?
The pay of pundits on Sky is not officially released to the public but UK papers have reported what the big names on the channel get paid.
All the way back in 2016, Gary Neville was reported to be getting in the upper £1 million region for his role on Monday Night Football and Super Sunday - Jamie Carragher was reported to be nearer the million mark, according to the Express.
Roy Keane does not feature on the channel near as much as these two so is likely to be on considerably less but still paid a tidy amount.
What about other stations?
While Sky doesn't reveal pay, the BBC does and the Match of the Day presenter's pay packets are public knowledge which does give a general idea of what the industry pays.
In 2020, Match of the Day host Gary Lineker was earning £1.35 million for his role, pundit Alan Shearer was on £395,000 while Ian Wright was on £195,000.
'A wealthy lad'
Speaking on Off The Ball, John Giles said Keane had a 'good reputation' built up from previous roles as well as from his role as a pundit with Sky Sports and had the right to turn the Black Cats down if the conditions of management weren't to his liking.
He said: "He’s in a very fortunate position now as an ex-player. I'd say he’s quite wealthy.
“So, he’s in a position where he can say: ‘thank you, but no thank you - I don’t want to do it under those conditions.’
“Now, most lads I know have to suck it up and take those conditions - and most of them, as I see, don’t make it, but they’ve no choice."
